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New Method to Improve Safety and Efficiency of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Scientists from Stanford University and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have adopted an entirely new method for making safer, lighter, and more efficient lithium-ion batteries.

16 Oct 2020

The New Design of the G5plus Turbo From Aerzen

The New Design of the G5plus Turbo from Aerzen

From Aerzener Maschinenfabrik GmbH 16 Oct 2020

The Aerzen Turbo G5plus, Now With 13 Sizes

The Aerzen Turbo G5plus, Now with 13 Sizes

From Aerzener Maschinenfabrik GmbH 16 Oct 2020

Optris Webinar about Glass Applications

Optris GmbH continues its successful webinar series. The webinar starts Thursday, 22 October at 10:00 a.m. CEST and will focus on optimizing glass manufacturing processes by employing infrared cameras and pyrometers especially designed for measuring glass surfaces.

From Optris GmbH & Co. KG 15 Oct 2020

Organic-Only Dyes Produce Films with Gold- and Bronze-Like Effects

Lustrous metallic paints are used to enhance the beauty of many products, such as home decorations, cars and artwork.

15 Oct 2020

NIST Scientists Propose Novel Method for Finding Cosmos' Mystery Material

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and their colleagues have proposed a novel method for finding dark matter, the cosmos' mystery material that has eluded detection for decades.

15 Oct 2020

Researchers Create Material that Exhibits Room-Temperature Superconductivity

Compressing simple molecular solids with hydrogen at extremely high pressures, University of Rochester engineers and physicists have, for the first time, created material that is superconducting at room temperature.

15 Oct 2020

MSX Technology Helps Recover Critical Metals from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries

Momentum Technologies Inc. is a materials science company based in Dallas, Texas, and is focused on recovering crucial metals from electronic waste.

15 Oct 2020

Olympus and Hellier NDT Extend Collaboration to Train Future NDT Inspectors

Furthering a partnership that began in 1986, Olympus, a leading manufacturer of innovative nondestructive testing (NDT) solutions, has supplied Hellier’s Houston, Texas location with advanced NDT inspection equipment. The industry-leading OmniScan™ X3 phased array flaw detector with FMC/TFM and other Olympus instruments will be used to train this next generation of inspectors in ultrasonic testing (UT).

From Evident - NDT 15 Oct 2020

Bruker Launches Advanced In-Situ Nanomechanical Test Instrument for Analyzing Materials Deformation in Electron Microscopes

The Bruker Nanomechanical Testing business today announced the release of the Hysitron PI 89 SEM PicoIndenter™ to provide nanomechanical testing capabilities inside a scanning electron microscope (SEM) at higher loads and in more extreme environments than previously possible.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 14 Oct 2020

New Collaboration to Advance Gas-Separation with Green Materials

A $1 million, 18-month collaboration between the University of Kansas School of Engineering and the RAPID Manufacturing Institute for Process Intensification launched in 2017 by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers will develop technology to separate gas using renewable, high-performance furanic-based polymers that were originally developed for replacing PET-based soda bottles.

14 Oct 2020

Compact Solid-State Pulse Generators Could Produce Powerful Electrical Pulses

Powerful picosecond generators are in demand in various fields of experimental electrophysics to produce ultrashort electron beams and X-ray pulses in vacuum diodes and to form runaway electron flows in gases.

14 Oct 2020

New Methods for the Formation of Core-Sheath Polymer Fibers for Biomedical Applications

Wound dressing, tissue scaffolding, controlled and sustained drug delivery, and cardiac patching are all biomedical processes requiring a material that combines strength with functionality.

14 Oct 2020

A Novel Approach for Efficient Broadband Frequency Doubling of Light

From microscopes to data transfer via optical fibres all the way to modern quantum technologies, light plays an important role in science and industry.

14 Oct 2020

New Method Helps Convert Fabric into e-Textiles Without Affecting Original Properties

Computer scientists at Saarland University show how these special textiles can be produced in a comparatively easy way, thus opening up new use cases.

14 Oct 2020